Blood From a Stone (15 page)

T
he
an
i
m
al
see
m
ed
t
o unde
r
s
t
and
w
hat
h
e
w
as
sa
y
i
n
g
, and
a
lt
hou
g
h
he
‘
d
had
no
i
n
t
en
ti
on
of
t
a
k
i
ng
on
a
p
et
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
g
et
l
e
f
t
beh
i
nd
w
hen
t
he
C
han
g
e ca
m
e a
g
a
i
n, he
fi
g
u
r
ed
i
f
i
t
w
as
s
til
l
w
a
iti
ng
f
or
h
i
m
w
hen
he
ca
m
e
out
of
t
he
c
l
ub,
t
hen
he
‘
d
t
a
k
e
i
t
w
it
h
h
i
m
,
at
l
east
f
or
t
he
n
i
g
h
t
,
and
fi
g
u
r
e out
w
hat
t
o
do
w
it
h
i
t
i
n
t
he
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
.
F
or
no
w
,
i
t
w
as
co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e and
f
ed.
A
nd
w
ha
t
e
v
er
d
i
sease,
r
ab
i
es
or
o
t
h
e
r
w
i
se
i
t
see
m
ed
t
o
ha
v
e
s
y
m
p
t
o
m
s
o
f
,
t
hey
w
e
r
e
g
one.
F
or
t
hat
he
had no e
x
p
l
ana
ti
on,
nor
f
or
t
he
f
ee
li
ng
of
e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
t
h
a
t
had
cou
r
sed
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
m
w
hen
t
he
do
g
’
s
t
ee
t
h
p
i
e
r
ced
h
i
s
s
k
i
n
a
nd
h
i
s b
l
ood pou
r
ed
i
n
t
o
it
s
m
ou
t
h.

H
e
w
a
g
e
r
ed
i
t
w
as
j
ust
one
m
o
r
e s
tr
an
g
e sensa
ti
on he cou
l
d
cha
l
k
up
t
o
be
i
ng
t
he
c
r
ea
t
u
r
e
t
hat
he
w
as.
A
s
f
or
t
he do
g
,
m
a
y
be
t
he
poor
t
h
i
ng  had
j
ust
been
co
l
d, 
tir
ed
and hun
g
r
y
,
and
w
hen
i
t
l
oo
k
ed
at
h
i
m
w
it
h
it
s
g
en
tl
e
br
o
w
n
e
y
es, he
k
new
he
‘
d
done
t
he
ri
g
ht
t
h
i
ng by not
ca
lli
ng
A
ni
m
al
C
o
n
tr
o
l
.

S
o he
r
e
he
w
as.
A
nd
i
n
t
h
i
s
m
o
m
en
t
, he cou
l
dn
’
t
he
l
p but
no
ti
ce
t
he
fl
ush
t
hat
c
r
ept
up W
ill
o
w
’
s
chee
k
s
and how
t
on
g
ue
-
ti
ed
she
see
m
ed
t
o
be
w
hen
she
l
oo
k
ed
at
h
i
m
w
it
h
t
hose
p
r
e
tt
y ha
z
el
e
y
es
of
he
r
s
. “
A
r
e
y
ou
o
k
a
y
?”
he
l
eaned
i
n as
he spo
k
e
.

“
Y
eah. Wh
y
?” she sa
i
d
.

“
N
o
t
h
i
n
g
.
Y
ou
j
ust
see
m
ed a
littl
e…
fl
us
t
e
r
ed.
D
o I
m
a
k
e
y
ou
ne
r
v
ous?”
H
i
s b
l
ue e
y
es spa
r
k
l
ed
w
it
h hu
m
or as he
t
ook
a s
i
p of
h
i
s
d
ri
n
k
. “
Whe
r
e
’
s
y
our
fri
end?
”

“
S
he
’
s
he
r
e.
S
he
had
t
o
g
o
t
o
t
he
l
ad
i
es
r
oo
m
.
A
nd
no
,
y
ou
do
not
m
a
k
e
m
e
ne
r
v
ous
or
an
y
t
h
i
ng e
l
se
!
”
We
l
l
,
t
hat
w
as
a
li
e,
but
she
su
r
e
as
he
l
l
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
l
et
h
i
m
k
now
t
ha
t
.
S
he
l
oo
k
ed at
h
i
s
a
r
m
a
g
a
i
n
.